
Kenya: Odinga Vows To Challenge Ruto’s Victory In Court
Kenyaβs defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga vowed Tuesday to pursue ‘all constitutional and legal options’ after rejecting the outcome of elections that awarded victory to his rival William Ruto.
The 77-year-old veteran politician branded the result of the August 9 race a ‘travesty’ but stopped short of explicitly announcing that he would mount a challenge at the Supreme Court.
‘What we saw yesterday (Monday) was a travesty and a blatant disregard of the consitution and the laws of Kenya,β he told a press conference in Nairobi, blaming the head of the commission that oversaw the poll.
‘I do not want …